Hyderabad: 60 kgs of marijuana worth Rs 25 lakh seized

The Rachakonda Special Operations Team (SOT) along with the Yacharam police busted an inter-state drug peddling racket operated between Andhra Pradesh and Bengaluru via Hyderabad on Friday.

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda Special Operations Team (SOT) along with the Yacharam police busted an inter-state drug peddling racket operated between Andhra Pradesh and Bengaluru via Hyderabad and arrested two persons on charges of drug peddling on Friday. Officials seized 60 kgs marijuana, a car, both worth Rs 25 lakh.

The arrested persons are K. Babu Rao and B Kameshwar Rao, both drug peddlers from Alluri Sitharamaraju district in Andhra Pradesh.

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Babu Rao and Kameshwar Rao along with other suspects procured marijuana at lower rates from Andhra Pradesh and smuggled into Bengaluru via Hyderabad and sold it to consumers at a higher rate for easy money. Following a tip-off, they were nabbed with the narcotic substance at Yacharam, police said.